In 2016, 87% of millennials said professional development or career growth opportunities are very important.Employees look for training and development opportunities that will support their career growth and professional journey in the long term.
Managing employee training and allocating suitable training program to each employee is a biggest challenge for the managers and HR. Lack of advanced training and management tools become an obstacle to empower workforce in a growing business or competitive market.
Determine what to achieve from a learning and mentorship program
It's important to identify the outcomes of a training and development program. There should be clarity before starting an organization wide training and mentorship initiative such as :
• What do we hope to gain from implementing this training program?
• How are we going to evaluate difference in employee skills and performance after completion of the learning programs?
• What will a successful training and development program look like in our business?
• How to maintain skill sheet for each employee?
• How to identify the suitable training program for individuals?
• Do we aim to increase employee engagement and productivity?
Need of a training and development
The training and development software provides a collaborative workflow for managers, employees, training coordinators and the management to identify employee's training needs, prepare development plans, create training calendar, maintain records of the training imparted to employees.
A fully-functional, configurable Online Training Management software, like Empxtrack, provides following functionalities and benefits to an organization :
• Maintains a skill sheet for every employee
• Provides training need identification workflow to managers and training coordinators to prepare annual development plan for each employee
• Keepsarecord of minimum acceptable level of skills & competencies required for each job position
• Maintains the core competencies database for the organization
• Automatically captures employee skill gaps by comparing competency ratings in appraisals with the minimum acceptable levels for the job position
• Allows the creation of action based development plan that is reviewable during the appraisal
• Provides a tool to generate a comprehensive training calendar for the organization
• Maintains database of training programs, trainer details, costs and locations
• Sends individual development plan to each employee and allows change requests to the allocated training programs
• Captures feedback from trainees on completion of the training program
• Allows update of employee Training Profile on completion of the training program
• Provides over 15 reports related to training allocation, status, costs, time spent, change requests etc.
• Supports notifications, messaging and escalations
• Integrates with HRIS (training profile of employees) and uses data from Appraisal to identify skill gaps.
Furthermore, provides interfacing to Multi-rater feedback, Leadership Assessment Surveys and Employee Surveys
Establish A Culture of Continuous Learning and Development
Statistics reveal that by developing and focusing an employee’s strengths and their areas of improvement, managers not only support team members to develop skills and grow but also boost engagement amongst top talent.
To establish a continuous learning and development culture at workplace, managers need to:
• Encourage employees to spend at least some time on learning and development activities and participate in training programs regularly
• Make learning discussions an integral part of regular performance review conversations
• Monitor and track employees’ progress during training programs at each step
• Solicit feedback from multiple sources to ensure employees are applying their skills to perform best in their jobs
• Mentor employees to use their new skills to achieve individual goals and business objectives
There is a lot to do when it comes to employee training and development. But everything essentially boils down to the fact that managers need to actively listen to their team members, identify their areas of improvement, encourage them to learn and grow, and support them by continuous feedback and coaching.
Managers, HR, and the leadership need to collectively work as a unit to implement effective employee training and development programs to boost employee morale and performance.
Taking help of an integrated, configurable employee training management software increases the probability of making this process a big success!
For any queries, connect with Empxtrack Sales team.
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